The Talos Principle 2 Ending Guide

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A lot of elements in The Talos Principle 2 influence the ending you'll see, and they're not all puzzles you need to solve

By Phil Hornshaw on

Though The Talos Principle 2 is an excellent puzzle game, it also has a pretty extensive and branching story. As you explore its world, you'll have plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, offer them your opinions, and even post on social media. The whole game concerns some philosophical debates about the future of humanity and its place in the world, and your conversation choices about those debates will shape parts of the narrative as you advance.

There are three main endings for The Talos Principle 2, as well as several additions and variations you can trigger under the right circumstances. Here's a complete guide for how to get each of the endings and the optional scenes, with as few spoilers as we can manage.

Completing the main story requires finishing eight puzzles in each of The Talos Principle's 12 areas, allowing you to enter the megastructure a total of four times. Throughout the game, you'll talk to Prometheus, Pandora, and the Sphinx, who all represent a different philosophical approach to what New Jerusalem's future should look like.

When you enter the megastructure one final time, you'll make a choice about what to do with the machine. There are three options, each corresponding to one of the three figures, and each unlocks one of the main endings. There are several small variations based on what you've done along the way, but these three endings are the main pieces of the epilogue.

In addition to the main ending choices, how you deal with different elements of the story will change the outcomes for various characters.

After completing your fourth journey